There were a lot of amazing moments from the weekend, especially within the game. We had a nice quest dynamic and did well with interacting with others. However, I wanted to share my favorite story with you all before I put up a postmortem.

Throughout the weekend, we had an adorable young girl, about 10, playing our game throughout the weekend. She was covered in fake blood and walked around with a miniature scythe on Friday and Saturday. She played our game quite a bit and was pretty recognizable to us because of that. Saturday afternoon, she had lost her scythe and was really worried about where it could have gone. She was playing on the team I helped lead, the Shadowfowl, and had asked me to help her find it. The Raven’s Roost Tavern at AFO was the obvious place to look but we could not find it. So we tried lost and found and asked some staff members there. After a few minutes, I knew that wasn’t going to work. So I told her to wait by lost and found while I ventured back to the Tavern, for I had an idea.

Many of my players were loyal and willing to follow my orders as the Shadowfowl’s commanding general. So I had assembled a task force with one of my appointed lieutenants to help find the scythe as their new quest. They searched the convention and eventually found the scythe and reunited it with her. I do not know where, but she had thanked me for what I had done. Not too bad for playing evil, if I do say so myself.

AFO9 has some pretty cool guests this year too, like the American Green Power Ranger, Jason David Frank, and the voice and motion capture actor of Devil May Cry’s Dante, Rueben Langdon. A bunch of One Piece and Full Metal Alchemist voice actors will be there too.

Now I am going to plug what I am doing there. I have a couple panels and a manly anime trivia contest going on the late nights. During the daylight hours, I will be a Game Master for AFO’s Swords of Orlandia II live action game. It’s a fairly interactive game taking place throughout the weekend in which registered attendees of AFO can choose a good or evil alignment and then go on simple quests and compete in contests of skill to gain experience points and level up. Once a player has maxed out their level, they contribute a shard of last year’s broken swords to their alignment and the side with the most will win the day. Also, maxed out players will be entered in a raffle for some cool prize. I think the game will go well with the younger crowd and you will most likely find me at the Raven’s Roost Tavern, interacting with players.

Below the jump will be a listing of non-Orlandia events that I am hosting.

Manly Anime Trivia Contest

Friday, Midnight – Oleander B – Kent Ward, Mike Burgess

Shed those manly tears because there’s going to an anime trivia contest of truly epic proportions! No kids in orange jumpsuits pretending to be ninjas here! If you think stuff like Berserk and Fist of the North Star is the best stuff ever, then this is YOUR trivia contest!

Fist of the North Star Will make your head explode!

Saturday, 10pm – Marathon/Cedar – Kent Ward, Mike Burgess, Jacob Luke

WATATATATATATA! Fist of the North Star is the manliest thing that has ever come out of Japan, and will celebrating its 25th anniversary this year! Celebrate the glory and heroics of the End of the Century Savior, Kenshiro, along with the other legendary Hokuto brothers. We will share grand tales of true manliness of one of the most legendary and influential anime and manga franchises ever.

Demons and Schoolgirls: A Hentai Panel (18+)

Saturday, 11:30pm – Palm Salon H – Daniel Fandino, Kent Ward, Kristal Jones

While extremely popular in Japan, as evidenced by the copious amounts of hentai games, manga and anime that are produced yearly, due to its adult nature hentai does not have the same exposure or level of acceptance in the United States. Demons and Schoolgirls is a lively look at hentai incorporating discussion, clips, prizes and a few surprises.

Due to the nature of the material being discussed, this panel will be 18+ only.

That’s right! All my stuff is about violence and sex, the way it should be. See you guys at AFO!